§846-8  Exclusions.  This chapter shall
not apply to criminal history record information contained in:



(1)  Posters, announcements, or lists for identifying
or apprehending fugitives or wanted persons;



(2)  Original records of entry such as police blotters
maintained by criminal justice agencies, compiled chronologically and required
by law or long-standing custom to be made public if such records are organized
on a chronological basis;



(3)  Court records of public judicial proceedings;



(4)  Published court or administrative opinions or
public judicial, administrative, or legislative proceedings;



(5)  Records of traffic offenses maintained for the
purpose of regulating the issuance, suspension, revocation, or renewal of
driver's, pilot's, or other operators' license;



(6)  Announcements of executive clemency or pardon, by
the Hawaii paroling authority or the governor of the State.



Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a
criminal justice agency from disclosing, to the public, criminal history record
information related to the offense for which an individual is currently within
the criminal justice system, including the individual's place of incarceration;
and, nothing in this chapter shall prevent a criminal justice agency from
confirming prior criminal history record information to members of the news
media or any other person, upon specific inquiry as to whether a named
individual was arrested, detained, indicted, or other formal charge was filed,
on a specific date, if the arrest record information or criminal history record
information disclosed is based on data excluded by the first paragraph of this
section.  Nothing in this chapter prohibits the dissemination of criminal
history record information for purposes of international travel, such as issuing
visas and granting of citizenship. [L 1979, c 129, pt of §2; gen ch 1985]